New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-02
BORsEELESH EATERS IN NEW. YORA
ONE BUTCHER WHO KILLS NOTHING ELSE.

ONE BUTCHER WHO KILLS NOTHING ELSE.
HIS CUSTOMERS. THE CENTRAL PARK LIONS. TIGERS
AND HYENAs-cHEAPER THAN BEEF.
eolored Dor led aneooking horse from Eighth-ave.
into the transverse Of Central Park at Sixty
A fev mornings ago. The animal was Of deep chestnut
with slender limbs and curving neok but he limped
badly in one of foreegs and hardly seemed to toucn
the MANNED limb to the ground. private ROAD ieaas
into the Park from the street, short distance from the
avenue and Roy entered this road and led the horse
toward square structure surrounded by cluster
of sheds The animal pricked up bis ears, looked sus
piciousy around and finally neighed In q frightened
and pulled at his halter until the boy was unable
to mako any further advance stout young man, bare
headed and In his shrsleeves came out OF the oroh
building and went to tho aid OF the ooorod boy Tno
horse snied at the man cuously, but BY gentle urging
was prevailed move along.
ITS pity" said the man. examining the lame leg OF
the animal, that such nice young horse snouio Do
spoiled"
sIrs over year." remarked the colored boy, since
Billy run dat nail In his foot He mover done STROKE Cd
work snce the doctor says he no moro good ana mi.
Wilson he tell me ct last to fotoh him round here
hate to. awful bad tell you"
The man handed tho colored boy slip Of paper, telling
him to take It to Mr. Conkin ct the Arsenal ana no
would give him $40 for the horse.
"s'pose they amt no oder way to do'' rcpned 'ne
coored boy looking reluctantly at the piece OF paper
Then he patted the horse's neck afecticnately. l
wouldn't take $50 for Billy no was all right ana no
hurried of without looking back.
The man led the horse into clean stable IN the brick
building and placed him In the only vacant stan moro
vaa Three other horses were champng their food IN
adjoining stalls and appeared fat and contented.
There Billy" said he. Is plenty OF fresh nay TOT you
while ron stay here" Ry showed no desire to eat the
fragrant hay viii III big white horse In the next stan
whinnied anxiously for.
.Them horses 10 like many human beings" OBJ
served the man to q visitor who was looking on eome
of em what's been we'll bred like this ono. take IL 70
heart a. II they knowed inst what they're here for
don't believe he'll cat nothin an TIL have to take him
out before the end OF the week Here's OLD Dooo'n'
that's a regular hog. Hos never had suoh good time
before He's eatn' every minute. When they hrougnt
him in he was regular bono rack ard now you can't
md rib In him"
The man led the way through o passage from tho
stable TO the other side OF tho building The passage
opened into a large square ROOM lighted by spacious
open doors on both sdes The wood noor was stained
dull red This Is the slaughter roo where the horses
are Slled and for tho animals in the Arsenal at
Central Park. On couple OF hooks on one sido OF tho
room hung portions Of q carcass Ike tho quarters OF
b..f At A glance ono who not expert In raw
meat would have said this was beef. but tho horse
butcher pointed that the meat was OF deeper color
and closer grain beef Horse meat s he SAID as
he could state from personal knowledge equally good
as beef when young and tender There was peculiar
favor TO horse meat be added. that some people liked
better than beef and the lions and tigers were FOND OF
IT, but himself he preferred good peco OF" porter
house steak " every time.
In OF the room was refrigerator wherc the
meat Is kept until IL Is required Tho skin OF the last
horse who had been killed few days before lay on the
other side OF tho room He bakers horse. tho
butcher explained. and his hair had been yellow
Everything was neat and oleany and FREQ from tan
az n butchers shop could be. Tho chvppng block was
washed and as tidy a kitchen table The cesver. the
saw and the small knives shining bright and sharp,
hung In their places beside tho butchers aprfn About
two years ago the Park authorities adopted the plan OF
supplying the carnivorous animals In tho menagarie
with horse meat instead OF beef Tho measure was
pnrely an economic one Director Conkiin found
difficulty at times obtaining good beef mutton and
the prices ranged from l2 20 Is ccns In Europe TIC
animals geological collections are FED horses mesh
and he advised tho Commissioners TO make the trial
here President Borden became Interested and the brick
building was fitted up stable and butcher shop with
result that has usaed outlay From ten TO nfteen
dollars are paid for the butcher Is hired by tho
Park Board and the actual cost OF the meat 10 now about
three or three and one half cenr pound
About two horses on an average Killed each week
They arc rarely old might be supposed. but
usually those which have given out from some cause.
Before they are accepted veterinary surgeon makes
careful examination OF tho animal to ascertain II It is
free from disease There Ia difculty In securing all
that needed By the city and usually two or three arc
kept In tho stalls OF them TO be fatened before
they arc killed From the ceiling the centre OF the
room rope hung down from heavy staple. The horses
are led Through tho passage from the stable Into tho
slaughter when they are 70 be killed
How do you XIII them /" was asked.
The horse butcher picked up q short handed heavy
hammer aud said Horses die easy. When bring
them out here ties cloth round their heads so that
1t blinds them and they are so quiet you can do ANYTHING
/ uI,A a.. TTnap \ faatH
tho brutes neck and one heavy blow from tho
hammer is generIy enough -. II you would Ike to come
is bootcherin' day and old Dobbin will have
that: the gray one 81, you sns ~ there
y0@ kinder sick guess added tho Sntsasr
was used to buicnerin cattle ba, horses pearea
different. You get used to II, though rho worst Y.
when some horse that's done good service gives out and
bad TO give him up t B1 ,t they "a, lay, they
he may he starved or beaten. sometimes a woman
comes up crying and makes me give ., back the
Operated on and sne got we'll You anybody
csed ln your life Us the lady and her children were
OF the animals pretty badly Knocked out when they
come here Them stone pavcments is KILN on horses.
and they ain good for much after that Now. there's
an animal In that wagon Out there which nm gong to
such q shaddcr as that big horse was when he was
here s pnS s Saa s hoe
wouldn't be good to feed the animals though the doctor
said he sound TneI bis ho0r began 10 heal ana no
picked up. Now can Jest that he mps little;
he's as strong an elephant and as healthy"
The horse meat was piled into the wagon and tho
which he drawing the vehicle through the Park
to the Arsenal The keepers divided the Joints OF tho
bakers yellow horse among the hyenas. the lions and
the tigers who crushed tho bones and polished them
with gusto To the eagles chunks OF flesh weighing q
pound or moro we're thrown and wero quickly dragged
away by them In their taons.
the bones said the horse butcher, pointing TO sew
eral barrels saved and go TO the bone man. They
pretty we'll cleaned when he gets EN- Last month
had Eh al had hear m ri
any flesh on his bones. He tough and no
discount. dulied my Knives cuttin hun up Them
lions chewed him till their Jaws tired and hung
down. Mr.. Conklin says to mo What kind OF meat arc
you givin the animals says It's the trotter then
| he didn't say no more"
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